At 4 p.m., the first hurricane of the Atlantic season was at latitude 24.5 north and longitude 96.8 west. It was about 80 miles northeast of La Pesca, Mexico, and about 105 miles south-southeast of Brownsville, Texas.

With maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, Alex was moving west at 13 mph.

A hurricane warning remained in effect for the coast of Texas south of Baffin Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande.